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The Scarlet Rains Of Galaxia Minor

by Lawrence Wise

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1.
Coloured Lightning 04:33
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2.
First Coming, Pt. 1 (Acid Mother) 05:12
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3.
Psychedelic Space-Warping 02:14
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4.
The Incredible, Awesome Slithering Thing (From Outer Space) 14:00
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Galaxia Minor 09:05
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6.
Kabuki (Oriental Funk) 08:12
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Celestial Bazaar (Bizarre) 03:42
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8.
First Coming, Pt. 2 (A CosmicFunkingPsychedelicRockChild) 09:24
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9.
(The Ballad Of) Jacob The Hermit 06:05
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10.
Creature From Hell 04:34
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11.
Meddle With It 04:45
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12.
Scarlet Rain 10:34
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13.
Funkendectomy (The Revelation For The New Generation) 04:12
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14.
Strange Chambers 15:17
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about

Primarily a Double-Album's worth of raw-sounding tracks done in 1982 and 1983 (after "FUNKENDECTOMY" and "THE TOKYO CONNECTION" recordings). And, out of all the earliest recordings (1982-1984), these are the rare surviving Stereo masters--tape rumble and hiss included.

These raw recordings were supposed to be divided into 3 separate cassette-albums (titled, respectively, "COLOURED LIGHTNING", "STRANGE CHAMBERS", and "PSYCHEDELIC SPACE-WARPING"). I even drew up some hand-drawn cassette artwork for them. Instead, compiling the bulk of the tracks into a package equivalent to a Double-Album was a better idea. Due to the experimental nature of some of the tracks, ANY "Album Side" could've wound up over the 30 Minute Mark--which wouldn't have worked in most Cassette-Album situations.

And before you even ask--YES, I compiled it on a Double CD (2 Discs), because the whole thang is almost 1 Hour and 45 Minutes!! (Some of the tracks on this issue came from that CD transfer, and the rest from their original cassette masters.)

DON'T EXPECT ANY "HITS" off of this set. It's as close to a modern psychedelic/prog-jazz experiment as you can get (from a 20 year old recording in his bedroom and basement, on Radio Shack equipment and a Pawn-Shop Bass and Casio Keyboards, at that time.). There--you have it.

OH--the Album Title: A combination of the 2 "all-synth Sci-Fi type" tracks, "Scarlet Rain" and "Galaxia Minor". These 2, along with "Kabuki", officially changed my sound from a Bass Guitar dominated one to an all-synth "New Wave" thang, for the next 20-something years.

In other words--while "THE TOKYO CONNECTION" was the "oddball" in my early sound (1982-1983), after the FOLLOWING Cassette-Album, "ELECTRIC MAN", all Bass Guitar would be replaced by Keyboard/Synthesizer Bass.......at least, until 2010. Yea...kinda like that.

-Lawrence M. Wise (A.K.A. OSMOSIS)

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released April 20, 1983

All Songs Written And Produced By Lawrence Wise.
All Songs Are (BMI).

Recorded Between April 1982 and September 1983 at FIRST STREET STUDIOS, Washington, DC. (20001)
Engineer: Lawrence Wise.
Album Artwork And Packaging: Lawrence Wise.
(Digital Remaster: Most of 2016 at FIRST STREET STUDIOS, Washington DC [20002]. Digital Engineer: Lawrence Wise.)

PERSONNEL: Lawrence Wise -Yamaha(tm) Jazz Bass Guitar, Casio(tm) Casiotone(tm) MT-45 Keyboard/Synthesizer and Percussion, Casiotone(tm) MT-68 Keyboard/Synthesizer and Percussion, EchoPlex(tm), All Lead And Background Vocals.
(No Other Performers Are Used.)

(c)(p)1983 STARCASE Recording Company, Ltd. // Washington, DC
-All Rights Reserved-
(FOUNDED: MAY 1981 - PROPRIETOR: Lawrence M. Wise)

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Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra / OSMOSIS Washington, D.C.

Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra/OSMOSIS is a dual one-man studio project of Lawrence Wise (primarily: All the Instruments and Vocals, as well as the songwriting, recording, producing and album packaging/artwork.).

A pure DIY-maniac-- 30+Years of Home Recording, and proud of it.

Ain't Nothin' But The Funk, ya'll.

Thank You.

-Lawrence Wise (a.k.a. OSMOSIS)
Washington, DC

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